InvestigateTruth
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How do you interprete this verse?
"Verily the only acceptable religion to Allah is Islam." [Quran 3:19]
The point is to know what "the Author" of Quran meant.
Do you think that the Author of Quran, by Islam, He meant the Revelation that came to Muhammad, or He meant submission to God?
My position is that it should be interpreted this way:
"Verily the only acceptable religion to Allah is Submission to the God's commands."
and my reason is, in other verses, people who lived before Muhammad, were also called "Muslims", for example see Quran 7:126
and since, those who were called "Muslims" were not Muslims by name (as they even didn't speak Arabic), but by actions were submitters to God, then it follows that, by Islam, the Author of Quran meant "submission" and not just a name.
If you think, differently, please provide your point and support with verses of Quran, and Authentic Hadithes.
P.S. Please not that this thread is not to discuss whether Quran is from God or not, or if Islam is a good religion or not. It is only about interpretation, and what the Author of Quran meant regarding this verse.
"Verily the only acceptable religion to Allah is Islam." [Quran 3:19]
The point is to know what "the Author" of Quran meant.
Do you think that the Author of Quran, by Islam, He meant the Revelation that came to Muhammad, or He meant submission to God?
My position is that it should be interpreted this way:
"Verily the only acceptable religion to Allah is Submission to the God's commands."
and my reason is, in other verses, people who lived before Muhammad, were also called "Muslims", for example see Quran 7:126
and since, those who were called "Muslims" were not Muslims by name (as they even didn't speak Arabic), but by actions were submitters to God, then it follows that, by Islam, the Author of Quran meant "submission" and not just a name.
If you think, differently, please provide your point and support with verses of Quran, and Authentic Hadithes.
P.S. Please not that this thread is not to discuss whether Quran is from God or not, or if Islam is a good religion or not. It is only about interpretation, and what the Author of Quran meant regarding this verse.